Deepika Padukone Biography

Deepika Padukone is an Indian actress and a former model. Padukone made her acting debut with the 2006 Kannada film Aishwarya. The following year, she made her Hindi film debut with the blockbuster Om Shanti Om which earned her the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.


Personal Life

Padukone was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Her family moved to Bangalore, India, when she was eleven months old. Padukone is of Mangalorean origin, and her mother tongue is Konkani. Her father, Prakash Padukone, is a retired badminton player of international repute, and her mother is a travel agent. Padukone also has a younger sister, Anisha, born on February 2, 1991.

Padukone attended Sophia High School in Bangalore, and completed her pre-university studies at Mount Carmel College in Bangalore. While in high school she played badminton at the state level. However, she was not keen on pursuing a career as a badminton player.

In March 2008, Padukone began dating Ranbir Kapoor, her co-star from the film Bachna Ae Haseeno (2008). The couple broke up in November 2009. Later, she dated her co-star Ranveer Singh and on November 14, 2018, the couple tied the knot at Lake Como, Italy, in a traditional Konkani & Sindhi ceremony.

Career Life

After pursuing a successful career in modelling, Padukone branched out into acting. She started by starring in the music video for the song Naam Hai Tera from the independent pop album Aap Kaa Surroor by Himesh Reshammiya.

In 2006, Padukone made her cinematic debut in the Kannada film Aishwarya starring opposite actor Upendra. She later made a successful Bollywood debut in 2007 with Farah Khan's international hit Om Shanti Om opposite Shahrukh Khan. Her performance was well received, earning the actress a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award as well as her first Filmfare Best Actress nomination.

Padukone was then seen in Siddharth Anand's romantic comedy Bachna Ae Haseeno opposite Ranbir Kapoor and alongside Bipasha Basu and Minissha Lamba.The film, which released on 15 August 2008, performed reasonably well at the box office. Her next film Chandni Chowk To China, released on 16 January 2009, and was a critical and commercial disaster. Padukone's fourth release Love Aaj Kal, released on 31 July 2009 and proved to be one of the biggest hits of 2009.

Padukone was next seen in Excel Entertainment’s Karthik Calling Karthik opposite Farhan Akhtar, which released on 26 February 2009. He also acted in Sajid Khan’s Housefull alongside Akshay Kumar, in Khelein Hum Jee Jaan Sey directed by Ashutosh Gowarikar, and in Kunal Kohli’s Break Ke Baad co-starring Imran Khan.

She then appeared in the film Cocktail in 2021. In this movie, she worked alongside Saif Ali Khan and Diana Penty. This film was a superhit and the actress was nominated in a number of award ceremonies for this. Her next film was Ayan Mukerjhi's Yeh Jawani hai Deewani (2013). In this film she appeared opposite Ranbir Kapoor. Later she worked with Shah Rukh Khan in the film 'Chennai Express'. The film was directed by Rohit Shetty and was a blockbuster hit in the theatres. In 2015, she acted in Bajirao Mastani and Padmavat along with Ranveer Singh. Her next film was Piku. In this film she worked alongside Irfan Khan. For her performances, she won two Filmfare awards for best actress. Apart from acting in Bollywood, she made her Hollywood debut in 2017 with the film XXX: Return Of The Xander Cage .